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B. HfHIGKOK. BED SPRING.

Patented May 1, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARTON H. HIOKOK, OF ELDON, MISSOURI.

BED-SPRING.

SPECIIEIGA'JIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,818, dated May 1, 1883, Application filed March 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARTON H. HIGKOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eldon, in the county of Miller and vState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Springs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specificatien, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of my improved spring; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the same; Fig. .3, a detail perspective view of the spring, and Fig. 4 a bottom plan new.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of bedsprings designed to be directly connected to the slats, the object of the present invention being to provide such a spring as will be simple in its construction, readily adjustable to the slats, self-fastening, and capable of use upon said slats without the employment of any additional frame, the springs made in accordance with my invention holding themselves firmly and squarely on the slats without the necessity of cross-fastenin gs at the top, and when once adjusted cannot work off, and by avoiding the use ofadditional frames springs sufficient in number fora bed can be packed for transportion in a comparatively small space.

These objects I attain by the construction substantially as shown in theaccompanying drawings and hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, A represents my improved bed-springcom posed of suitablewire bentinthe form of a spiral, the end of the wire at the top of the spring being bent around the upper coil, as shown at at, which securely fastens said end and holds it in place. At the termination of the spring the wire is extended in a direction transversely of the bed-slat to a point beyond the edge thereof to form the transverse arm 5 B, which rests upon the upper portion of the slat, and is then bent at a right angle and in a direction lengthwise to form the longitudinal arm 0, which bears against the edge of the-slat, as shown. At the termination of the arm 0 the wire is bent in a downward direction at an acute angle to form the arm D,

which lies against the edge of the slat, said angle and in a slightly downward direction toward the opposite edge of the slat, to about the center thereof, thus forming an arm, E, which extends under the slat in a transverse direction, the extremity of said arm terminating in a hook, I).

From the above-described construction and the several bends formed in the wire a perfoot spring-clamp is provided, which can be adjusted to the bed-slats to hold the spirallycoiled spring thereon without the employment of the usual wire frames, links, or other like fastenings connecting the springs together at the top.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire, to secure by Letters Patent, isi A bed-spring consisting of a spiral coil of Wire bent at itslower end, substantially as described, to form the arms B G D E, the extremity of the latter arm terminating in the hook I), as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

BARTON HARRIS HIOKOK.

Witnesses:

JAMES LIEURANCE, WILsoN W. GRANSTAFF. 

